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cruas
cruas
Irish
Noun
cruas m (genitive singular cruais)
Declension
Declension of cruas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cruas | chruas | gcruas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cruas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “crúas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish crúas (“hardness, stiffness, rigour”), from crúaid (“hard, hardy, harsh; stern, strict”) (compare modern cruaidh).
Noun
cruas m (genitive singular cruais, no plural)
Synonyms
- (illiberality): mì-shuairceas, neo-fhialaidheachd, neo-fhlathaileachd, neo-uaisle
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cruas | chruas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “crúas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.